Michelle Mellinger, a teaching assistant in McKeesport, is accused of having sex with students and Monday, Pittsburgh's Action News 4 learned she is facing even more charges.

Michelle Mellinger, a teaching assistant in McKeesport, is accused of having sex with students and Monday, Pittsburgh's Action News 4 learned she is facing even more charges.

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Updated: 5:29 PM EST Nov 2, 2015

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WEBVTT REPORTER SHANNON PERRINE JOINING US LIVE. DOES THIS INVOLVE MORE STUDENTS? REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT, ANDREW. WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE MCKEESPORT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE DISTRICT IS JUST LEARNING ABOUT THE LATEST CHARGES IN THIS ORIGINAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED BY ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE DETECTIVES THERE WERE FOUR TEENAGE BOYS LISTED AS VICTIMS. YOU CAN NOW ADD TWO MORE TO THE LIST . SIX, THAT'S HOW MANY STUDENTS POLICE SAY MICHELLE MELLINGER EITHER HAD SEX WITH OR TRIED TO HAVE SEX WITH IN HER WHITE OAK APARTMENT. THE LATEST CHARGES FILED AFTER TWO ADDITIONAL 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS AT MCKEESPORT HIGH SCHOOL SAID THAT MICHELLE MELLINGER, WHO WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER TEXTED THEM ASKING THEM TO COME TO HER HOME FOR SEX. JOHN DOE NUMBER FIVE TOLD POLICE THIS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. JOHN DOE NUMBER SIX SAID WENT TO MICHELLE MELLINGER'S HOME ONCE BUT REFUSED HER ADVANCES AND TOOK OFF RUNNING. WHEN POLICE WENT TO THE JAIL TO TALK TO MICHELLE MELLINGER ABOUT THE LATEST STUDENTS SHE ADMITTED TO THEM THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS TRUE. WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR REACTION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THESE LATEST CHARGES. MICHELLE MELLINGER, BY THE WAY, IS STILL IN THE ALLEGANY COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT UNABLE TO POST A $50,000 BOND THAT WAS SET FOR HER. SHE GOES TO COURT NEXT WEEK ON

McKeesport teaching assistant facing additional charges

Michelle Mellinger, a teaching assistant in McKeesport, is accused of having sex with students and Monday, Pittsburgh's Action News 4 learned she is facing even more charges.